[vladvasiliu]

> The issue is that car UI has historically been terrible. People just want usable maps and music, and maps are terrible in 99% of cars pre-2020.

This.

One of the nicest cars I've driven, controls-wise, was a Fiesta I rented a few years back. I just plugged in my iPhone, and directly got access to maps, spotify, etc via the car's controls.

It had physical knobs to adjust the volume, the air conditioning, etc. When I put it in reverse, the camera feed would replace whatever was on the screen.

It worked perfectly because it just didn't get in my way and didn't have me futz around in some three-level-deep menu to do anything.

[mrguyorama]

My 2018 VW works the same way. It even has a third brand of phone connection; MirrorLink